
Dutch Type Library is a digital font foundry based in
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
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, established in 1990 by
Frank E. Blokland.
DTL designs digital fonts and develops font software.
Alongside original designs such as the Documenta and Caspari families, DTL has published work inspired by the work of Dutch type designers of the past, including revivals of the work of
Hendrik van den Keere,
Christoffel van Dijck,
Joan Michaël Fleischman
Joan Michaël Fleischman (1707–27 May 1768, german: Johann Michael Fleischmann), was an 18th-century German-Dutch typographer and punchcutter.
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Jacques François Rosart and
Jan van Krimpen
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Blokland received a doctorate on the spacing and proportions of early metal type from
Leiden University in 2016.
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Commercial type foundries
Dutch companies established in 1990
Graphic design studios
Companies based in North Brabant